Associations to the word «Scuttlebutt»
Noun
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Wiktionary
SCUTTLEBUTT, noun. (nautical) (countable) A butt with a scuttle, a keg of drinking water with a hole cut in it, on board ship.
SCUTTLEBUTT, noun. (informal) (uncountable) Gossip, rumour, idle chatter.
Dictionary definition
SCUTTLEBUTT, noun. A report (often malicious) about the behavior of other people; "the divorce caused much gossip".
Wise words
Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary
meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the
truants in custody and bring them back to their right
senses.